Work
Skills for Today and Tomorrow
Author / Creator: Mairi Spowage
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
How can Scotland leverage its world-class education system, burgeoning tech hubs, and leadership in energy to ensure Scotland’s workforce can meet the challenges of today and seize the opportunities of tomorrow.?
Economic inactivity and ill health in Scotland
Author / Creator: Hannah Randolph
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Unemployment and ill health are related.
Research on Employer Behaviour Regarding Hiring People with Learning Disabilities
Author / Creator: Chirsty McFadyen
Media type: Research Report
Date published: 2024
Barriers to hiring people with learning disabilities include lack of knowledge leading to prejudice, lack of accountability and organisational prioritisation, not understanding how to make recruitment accessible, not knowing where to start, and perceived cost barriers
Scottish Parliament employment rights powers wise
Author / Creator: Ian McConnell
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
Trade unions have this week ramped up in a big way the drive to have powers over employment rights devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
40 Years On: Memories Of The Miners Strike
Author / Creator: George Kerevan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
George Kerevan, provides key personal and political insights into the miners strike.
Workers’ Experiences of Low-Paid Work: A Snapshot of the Hospitality Industry
Author / Creator: Chirsty McFadyen
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Hospitality work is characterised by low pay and high levels of poverty.
Devolving Employment Legislation to Scotland
Author / Creator: Dave Watson
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
The case for and against the devolution of employment law
ALL OF OUR FUTURES; Scotland’s ageing population and what to do about it in 2021-2045
Author / Creator: Bill Johnston
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
A challenge to the negative approach toward ageing and old age exposing the baleful influence of neoliberalism and ageism on policy and public perceptions.
Ways of Working
Author / Creator: Marc Burgauer
Media type: Video
Date published:
Many of us have transitioned to working from home. Can this be done in a way that fosters and maintains the social connections formed at work and puts workers at the heart of work?